He did not stop, nor look back at the creature. He exited the vault, the ground beneath his feet transitioning from the polished crystalline material of his creation, onto the fine-grained stone of the cave beyond. The cave had not changed through all the years of his hibernation--too dry to be shaped by water, too stable to crumble.
The only thing that had changed were the bodies. Desiccated and stretched taut, the mummified forms of creatures he had never seen before were scattered throughout the cave. Some were intact, locked in combat with their doomed compatriots, others were torn to pieces by those that followed.
Amongst them was a body he recognized, red skin tanned almost to black by the mummification, still kneeling in supplication. One of his faithful, who had refused to leave. He paused there, for a moment. Knelt to touch the body, searching for the echoes of its spirit. "You were flawed and decayed," he pronounced. "But you honored that gift I gave to you."
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Date: 2020-05-21 01:33 pm (UTC)The only thing that had changed were the bodies. Desiccated and stretched taut, the mummified forms of creatures he had never seen before were scattered throughout the cave. Some were intact, locked in combat with their doomed compatriots, others were torn to pieces by those that followed.
Amongst them was a body he recognized, red skin tanned almost to black by the mummification, still kneeling in supplication. One of his faithful, who had refused to leave. He paused there, for a moment. Knelt to touch the body, searching for the echoes of its spirit. "You were flawed and decayed," he pronounced. "But you honored that gift I gave to you."